there is just something about chinese music that moves me more than any other kind of ancient (well medieval) music... it has such a melodiousness and elegance yet liveliness to it
I bought this album on cassette in Beijing in 1994 and I agree that the first tune (Huan Sha) is exquisite. I would love to hear it played solo on a pipa
Thank you so much for sharing this music, I bought the cassette in Beijing in 1995 after the show and I have been looking for a replacement for over 20 years...…………...as the cassette is at the end of its life......………..thank you again, it brings back so many good memories of beautiful places and people...…………….actually I have put in on a CD so I can play it whenever I feel like...….…...………..!!!!
Thank you for sharing this. I wonder who composed the pieces. The music doesn't seem to be based on the actual scores that survive from the Tang period.
There may be some remnants of Tang music in the guqin tradition (one or two pieces are verified to date from that period), as well as in the tradition of Xi'an Guyue. Some pieces in the Japanese gagaku repertoire (and the related solo gaku-biwa repertoire), which are still performed today, also have their origins in the Tang Dynasty, though they are performed much differently today from the way they were in the Tang period. As far as nanyin goes, the instrumentation and musical style are more typical of the Ming Dynasty than the Tang Dynasty, despite the performers' claims that their music has Tang origins.
Hey Jack, silkqin.com would be of great help for you in identifying which qin melodies came from the Tang period (although since most qin books were published during the Ming and Qing dynasties, I doubt it can be definitively said whether a given melody in these handbooks are from the Tang, and would have sounded like this back then). Be careful though - you could click on connecting links on that site for days and days and still find new interesting information! (I'm speaking from personal experience...) Perhaps the hallmark of Tang musical reconstruction is Laurence Picken's work. I don't think the documentary (called "On the Road to Tang") is on RU-vid, but you can send me a PM and I can email you it.
@@archkde hello, I dont know how to send you a PM and I really am in need of this document, because my school work is about older Chinese music. Could you please send me the document ;_; ? my email is schlossmann35@gmail.com Thank you so much!
